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The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-26
Massage

The art Of massage is of great antIqullS
There are always some kind folk VINO W.
take the time and trouble to searcn usss
down into the annals OF the past and fTsnf
NIT to us the facts. they there, find ~reooTdsa
traced out its history tells us that this syatsga
Chinese and that the Greeks and Romans
also resorted to its aid, evidences OF WhsA
appear in the literature OF those two greA
This ancient art has been revived. In ta
present day, OH the Continent and in Amer
ca, as well as in England, and is being yelg
extensively practiced. / have spoken "
massage as q Mechanical mode OF tEesw
ment-and SO it is; but those who undesrtsss
knowledge concerning their work as well !
Internationally. The masseuse has to laass
herself acquainted with the structure g.
the function of the tissues n muscles y
which she is called upon to operstes NJ
therefore on study of books on this pafsMM
necessary dexterous lnanipulations 70 ~ *
duired; these particular movements can vnS
be learned from actual demonstratiolss sMls
nothing bat patient practice WILL attalla @ ~
manual dexterity needfu to perform
process. .t.Ios savs
eral kinds Of manipulations; these aFe ns
designated by French names. gne q a ssT
IS known as Eoletrage;, this consists e sga5
stroking the part under treatment, aass
stroking increases in strength, sne 81, sfs1 ia
mates in q firm rubbing OF the SKIN WV M ss
palm of the hand. Under the effect q sEa
treatment, hardness and drynsss g s s%
give. way to softness. and the ehecs =
Another form Of treatment is nal1ea 5M
rtSsage. This process ce9slsts IN paleImu M
and kneading and rolling the skin ana Ia 81 3
Giles; q form Of massage brought lls9 ~ " III
cases where the patient is deprlFea " s4sE
trinity or accident from taking ooa!z L 9ksll
else. The advocates Of. massage an ~ Ms
the use OF p9lrtssdqe also soothes IT. s1sa,Hs <
vigorates the oYertired and fatIgpea s s.assUa
those who have gone hroug an
amount Of physical exertion. nose
Tapotefne7st is o rapid mechanics 81 ia HI
ment used as . stimulus for rolslhs aa Nj
action organs which are inclined te 49,
HHassage a Frfcttoa may be desorsbeaa a y
series Of circular rubbings. with Nas sahMs0R
tips, performed in q rapid manner III
ject OF which process is 70 saueeze s ~
waste products formed in 6ae tssf nxg9
ioints.-oasselEs Family GagasaseJ "
Der.
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Primaries Called in Lincoln Parish.

RusToN. Nov. 22.-The Parish Democrats
Executive Committee met here to-day wild
oil the wards represented as follows: 4. !.
Taylor, chairman, ward 1; J. T. colyfn,
proxie for a. 81. Colvin, ward 2; DR.. ]. III
Robinson, ward 8: Amos Davis, ward 4:
Judge E. N. Graham, proxie for J. s. Roam
ward s; @. A. Heard. wards 6 and r
MI. Davis moved to elect one dele gale froa|
each police jury ward direct to the StaSl
Convention.
Judge Graham offered an amendment tr
each ward to elect delegates by primary elt
ton TO the parish convention. and this con.
vention to elect six delegates to the Gtaa
Convention. Colvin, Graham and Heard
voted yea, Davis and Robinson mar. lhal
spendment WAS adopted, and Dec. 15 VAS
selected for primaries and Dec. 10 for aa
parish convention. ia
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NOW THE FIGURES NOW STAND.
VIEW orleans rimes. Democrat, Sow. q.

New Orleans Tines-Democrat, Nov. q.
Yesterday was Q cold, q very cold day in
deed for reform, though, strange to say, the
the thermometer pointed up into the eighties.
The blue ban ner which was flung SO proud
" and hopefully to the breeze, and which
Haunted SO saucily and aggressively in the
first few fayoring gales, yesterday seemed
more intensely blue than usual. and hung in
limp and frozen folds when the news came
flashing over the wires OF the victories for
McE1ery from oil of the six parishes in
which elections were held. that were heard
FROM.
The little trick by which the reformers had
managed to present quite q formidable array
of parishes for Nichols at the outset may
~unthinking, but the result of the elections
yesterday in Ouaehita, Acadia, De Soto,
Tangipahoa. Washington end Caldwell will
undoubtedly open the eyes Of even the dullest
the claims set up by the. Nichols people.
The result in Acadia In especially crafty
ing and significant. Acadia was confidently
counted upon for Nichols and reform. IL
had gone soiidly for Nichols in the State
Convention of1SS4. IL is q Creole parish,
and the feformers did not believe that it
could be induced to vote against Nichols, and
vet yesterday, In spite of the naost strenuous
exertions, in spite OF the recent presence
there OF Gen. Nichols himself, Of Senator
Gibson, and most of the big chiefs oj the
Reform faction, who had been hastily sum-
n1oned TO try and Wrest victory from the
Jaws Of defeat, the result was d Waterloo for
the Reformers, and the good people of the
new and prosperous parish elected, as far as
heard from, forty-three delegates in a con-
yenlion OF seventyatWo for Samuel Douglas
McEnery.
Let us see now Just what the situation ID.
0uaehita went solid fer McEnery, Acadia
sends forty-three ont OF seFenty-tWo dele
gates TO its parish convention for McEnery,
and we can afford to srnSa2 at the li6tle post
mortem side show set mp by Mr.. Boiling Will
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-26
Ranbury Gross.
London I5ha

Many people who have ridden a cock-horse
to Banbury Cross in their early childhood
ID such d place In existence, but they viii
also be very sorry to hear that tie historic,
or prehistorio, GROSS is sadly out OF repair
and in great need of restoration. The mayor
of BanbuSF has headed the subseription. and
win receive the gifts Oh children. both young
and old. who ere unwilling that the eross
near which the ane lady Of the nursery
E nEIPs b Eoag sy5 5sal FIJI saI S IN aSr ln ssss as HRSa :
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A Patrol Estal,lishea at Houma.

HoUMA, Nov. 25.-The 9hibodaux riot has
created some excitement here, and measures
have been taken BY the authorities to pre-
vent a similar outbreak in Hounaa. The
town is patroled every night by special
guards, and the utmost vigilance is exercised
by the citizens. Vague rumors are heard on
the streets of threatened violence and incen-
diarism on the part 81 the negroes, but these
receive only the measure Of consideration
that no outbreak will ocour, but if is Thought
best to be provided against any contingency
that may arise. 4 negro from the country
was reported as trying to purchase q guam
tlty Of ammunition this morning, and WAS
town.
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The sacred 30 tree-the most ancient and
authentic of the relics of aantazna Buddna
N ~Geylon-Was lately demolished by d high
wind IN a storm ut tIaHndeF and lightning.
The tres Was sanpeged 10 have L dreamy
seInEconseIousnesso f its oHH, and upon ia
death Is was cFenlafed With high hanofs at
tie IhunaraEaa Bagebas after its limbs had
been bhthsd id holy wafer.
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Nieholls

T~angipahoa would swell the McEnery total
to fofty-eiEht. but we are not Erasping; We
can ahord 10 wait and be patient especially
IS the big McRnery parishes are yet to be
heard from.
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evening there was q rumor to the effect that
the negroes were massing on the ~Terrebonne,
about a mile and q half from the city. It
was further rumored that they were thor
oughly equipped, and an attack upon the
city was imminent. 4 squad of citizens i'm
mediately repaired to the scene of the threat
ened danger, but the crowd had dispersed.
An attack upon the city is m~omentarily ex-
pected, and citizens and soldieus are alike
prepared for any emergency that may arise.
A guard placed upon the outskirts of the
town was fired upon last night by q negro
concealed in a ditch.
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TINE MsENNRT DEMDcRAN
Would yon prefer that thev should bear she
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-07-23

Indiana claims to be at the top this
year in fine short-horns.
The Georgia watermelon crop is
reported to be immense.
Verandas are health givers, Undue
ing people to live more in the open
air.
Poultry thrive in orchards and do
the orchards good, for they kill many
insects.
An onion is like bell-its strength
can be better tested when peeled.
Down in Texas they call a mule
"the power behind the throne"
The first lesson in stock raising is
to learn to love and pet the cattle.
The progressive farmer always
keeps ahead of the weeds,
Employ extra help for the kitchen
as well as the field during harvest.
Give breeding cows the run of a
clover field all through the summer
if you can.
Stable manure, says Prof. Cham
lain of Iowa, is the best fertilizer on
earth.
All kinds of stock except sheep and
swine have decreased in value in Da-
kota.
Mr.. Rural now go afield with "the
boys' and lead and direct in person.
Cultivation should be more and
more shallow as corn increase in size,
says an Ohio experiment station re-
port,
The swine breeders of Iowa have
come to look upon white clover as an
excellent summer pasturage for hogs.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-07-23

conclusion that the most humane
thing possible under the circumstan-
ces would be to kill the elephant.
For three weeks he had lain upon his
side on a bed of hay, and, while
his appetite continued to be remark
ably good, his intense suffering was
apparent, and it was finally decided
to put him out of his misery that
night. Purchasing a pound of choco-
late cream drops, DIR. Watts inserted
in each a small gellatine capsule con-
tanning the deadly powder which he
has so successfully used during the
past ten years in the destruction of
the city's unlicensed and v~alueless
dogs. The closing scene in the dra-
ma of poor Bijou's life was enacted
last evening after the performance in
presence of DIR. Lothrop. Bijouthrust
out his trunk eagarly for the bon
bons, little dreaming of their deadly
contents, and in ten minutes after
they had entered his stomach the
gelatine dissolved, and the poison
began to do its deadly work. The
huge beast moaned occasionally as he
lay upon his side, and seemed to suf'
fer but little. Gradually his limbs
became rigid and his eyes CLASSY, and
in a few minutes he was dead. There
were few dry eyes among those pres
ent who had known and loved him,
and he will be sorely missed by the
hattaches of the museum, with whom
he was a great favorite.
His skeleton is to be prepared for
exhibition.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-07-23
A Complete Cure of Cancer.

Gentlemen.-I had a sore on my
upper lip for eight years. Seven
different doctors attempted in vain
to heal it. One gave me a small
vial for five dollars, which was a
certain cure" 1t is needless to
say that it did me no good. About
two years ago l became quite uneasy,
as people thought | had a cancer, and
1 took a course of eighteen bottles of
S. S. S. The result has been a COM
plete cure. The ulcer or cancer heal
ed beautifully, leaving scarcely a pre-
ceptible scar. From that day | have
been in excellent health, the Specific
having purified my blood Thoroughly,
increased my appetite and perfected
my digestion. In a word, 1 feel like
a new woman, and, best of all, the
eight year ulcer is gone entirely.
Yours cincerely,
Mrs. w. P. CANNON.
Trenton, Todd Co., KY, Feb. I, 1887.
Treatieson Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer
3 Atlanta, Ga.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-07-23
Matrimony Busted the Business.

Omaha World.
First Omaha Man-What's the
matter, not out of business again, are
you?
Second Omaha Man-Yes, my last
venture busted the first week.
"That's queer. l thought you
started a little factory to darn stock
ings for young men, old bachelors
and others with no women folks to
look after them. That ought to pay"
"Pay! Igot more orders than l
could fill hired whole lot of nice
girls who knew how to darn stock
ings and they did their work beauti-
fully-but then the enterprise bust
ed"
why, what happened?"
"Girls all left"
"Dissatisfied 2"
"No, the whole crowd of custom
ers hunted 'em up Sunday and mar
ried them"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-07-23
Jesup Ga, March 3, 1887.

A Birmingham, Conn, electrician
has a new rat trap, which, it is said,
works admirably. He attaches a
piece of meat to one pole of a dyna-
mo machine, which can only be
reached by the rat by standing on a
plate, which serves as the other pole.
Report says that no rat has yet got
the meat, but many have reached for
it, and the inventor is rewarded for
his ingenuity with a large collection
of dead rates.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-07-23
ECLECTIC. ALA, Oct. 20. 1856.
DR.. A. T. SHELLENBERGER.

DIR. A. T. SHELLENBERGER.
Rochester, Pa, Dear Sir;-Last February
l received from you a bottle of your Anti
dote for Malaria, and gave it to a young
lady attending school here, but who had not
been well enough to 90 for several weeks,
and was quite broken down in health. In a
few days after taking the medicine she was
back in school again, and has not lost a day
the entire summer. | think it is the best
medicine ! ever knew. Yours truly,
K. c. WILLIAMS,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-07-23
Sundry Short Stops.

Though busy, be systematic.
A sharp hoe and elbow grease.
Timely and thorough tillage tells.
Wedding onions is a necessary
evil"
Don't forget fodder, corn and tur-
nips.
Secure pure water for home use.
Level culture is still gaining favor.
Don'tneglect the crop-Indian corn.
Buckwheat does well on new land.
Take long 'noonings't in hot
weather.
Boys, work with zeal before each
meal.
Give boys and girls plats to cult
vate.
Good girls, cultivate beautiful flow
ers.
Have good household help for har-
vest.
Fine farm factors-daries and di-
aries.
Make daily entries in your farm
diary.
Take good care Of working teams.
No more alien land monopolists in
ours.
Put no pen to paper for peddlers.
Trench the garden-drain the barn
yard.
Protect all notwithstanding birds.
Always secure good eggs for hatch.
ing.
No briars or bushes in fence cor.
ners.
Provide good watering places fol
stock.
I: Keep dirt, ETC.. out Of the wool
sack.
Poor harness is dear at any price
Be gentle in breaking colts anG
steers.
Plant successive crops O. bush beans
Fuchsias do best when partly shad.
ed.
Catnip flowers are rich in honey.
Milk at the same hours each day.
No Bourbon or beer afield this year
Stir the cream and get more butter
Yes, keep snaky hairs out of the
milk.
DOn'tlet the swarming bees "skip.'
Boys, don't violate the game laws
Plant plentifully to procure pros
perity.
Keep tools sharp as a tramp's appe
tite.
Late hay crops are reported in mos
of the Western towns.
The common-leaved parsley is con
sidered the best for flavOring.
Givethe boy a calf or colt to rais'
for "his very own"
The farmers wife is entitled to fal
more credit than she receives.
To drive nails in very hard Woo
dip their points in oil.
Wheat, beans and clover weigh
sixty pounds per bushel.
Never set milk where there arr
bad odors or an impure atmosphere
There are said to be fifty-two kind
of sheep in the world.
Sheep do better if their pasture i
changed once a month.
Use a soft sponge in bathing you
horses sore shoulders.
Many good farmers sow fodder corr
at intervals of ten days.
1t is said that hay caps often pa!
for their cost in a single season.
Dahlias grown in pots maybe plant
ed out until the first Of July.
Many of the blemishes found upol
horses are the result of carelessness.
Michigan pays a bounty of one cen
each for English sparrOW'S ScalpS.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-07-23
Two Bottles Effect a Cure.

Gentlemen.-My blood was in such
a condition that on the slightest
abrasion my flesh would tester, and
sores We're difficult to heal. | took
two bottles Of S S. S., and after that
any abrasion would heal on first in.
tention, and my flesh was firm.
w. I. WILKINS.
. r. .L o 1907
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-09-21
The Local Option Convention.

Pursuant to call made by many citizens, a
mass temperance convention was held on
Wednesday last at the opera house in the
village of Lawrence. There was good at
tendance from different parts of the county,
eleven townships being represented. The
convention was harmonious and enthus-
iastic, and confident that under the provisions
of the local option law, the saloon would
soon be wiped out of our county.
The convention was organized by the Sc
lection of Hon. A. Il. Copley of Decatur, as
temporary chairman, and A. G. Glidden of
Antwerp, as temporary secretary. Com
mittees on permanent organization and order
of business were appointed and an hour occu-
pied in discussing ways and means for bring
ing the question of prohibition to vote of
the people, after which an adjournment was
had for dinner.
On assembling for the afternoon session,
pursuant to report of committee, Mr.. Copley
was made permanent chairman and VIM.
killifer of Bloomingdale, permanent secre-
tary.
A county central committee was appointed,
consisting of the following individuals: c.
@. Phillips of Bangor-chairman VIM. Kill
fer of Bloomingdale, Hon. A. B. Copley of
Decatur, Mrs. III. Randolph of Antwerp.
Mrs. c. j. Monroe of Sonth Haven.
Township committees were appointed in
each of the townships having delegates pres
ent, and the county committee was instructed
to make the necessary appointments of such
committees in each of the unrepresented
townships. The duties of the several town
ship committees were defined to be to secure
signatures to petitions for special election
and to conduct the campaign in their town.
ships after such election shall have been
called.
The following resolution was unanimously
adopted; Res0lred-That il is the impera-
tive duty of every temperance man and
woman in the county to work for the
adoption of the county prohibition law
collection was taken up amounting to
S11.65. A resolution of thanks was rendered
to the proprietors for their kindness in plac-
ing the opera house at the disposal of the
convention without charge. Several short.
enthusiastic and eloquent addresses were
made, after which the convention adjourned.
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Attention, Farmers. /.

M. f. Miner q Sons, having changed their
flour mill to full roller mill, are prepared to
do as good work and make as fine flour as
any other roller mill in the state. Cash paid
for all kinds of grain. Thanking our pat
rons for their liberal patronage in the past
and soliciting continuance of the same in
the future, we remain, yours respectfully,
16S9tl3o17O1 Nj. +. MINER & Sons.
Almena, Mich.
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Farm For sale.

On account of poor health 1 desire to sell
my farm of eighty acres, situated in the
township of Prairie Ronde, Kalamazoo
County, Mich. 80 acres of valuable timber,
balance under good state of cultivation,
fine orchard and buildings in good repair.
Stock will be sold with farm if desired.
Terms easy. For full particulars enquire at
premises, or address, JEFFERSON HILL.
1926 If Lawton, Mich
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The Presbyterians anticipate very en-
joyable time Wednesday-evening at
the residence of DIR. Dunning, where an
unusually fine musical and literary pro-
gramme will be rendered. very cordial
invitation is extended to all, and you will
please bear in mind that the exercises will
begin promptly at eight O'Clock.
There is crank down in Wayne county
who occasionally sends out long communica-
tions to the different newspapers of the state
written on postal cards. His particular
hobby heretofore has been the preservation
of forests and the planting of trees. His
last is an essay on marriage. He opens out
as follows: EDITOR, SR-Please write and
print some good articles to your many un-
married readers to look well before they ever
marry, because marriages are dangerous to
mankind" He seems TO have quite head
on him, even if he is crazy.
few of our base ball cranks have con-
tributed, during the season, to a fund raised
for the purpose of receiving reports of the
ball games by telephone. These reports they
have, each evening, made public by placing
them on a bulletin board in front of Long
wells store. AS they are little behind on
the expense of this, they would like to have
| the fifty or more individuals who never miss
night nor pay cent, call on Harry Long
well and pay something. The boys don't
think any one, especially non-contributor
TO the fund, has any business to change the
figures so as to make them lie to the public.
Last week we stated that Amos Harbin
had skipped the country, meaning that he
had jumped his ball. A note from Mr..
Harbin says the statement was false and
denies that he ever skipped. Well, all we
knew about the matter was what his bonds
men said in court They couldn't find Amos
and asked time to produce him before their
bond should be estreated, which request the
court granted. We understand from one of
the bondsmen that, while Amos had not ex-
actly skipped, he had secreted himself so that
he couldn't be readily found, and as soon as
found, he was lodged in the cooler for safe
keeping.
"How pleasant il ia for brethren to dwell
together in unity" This proyerb is not ap-
plicable to most of the Van Buren county
brethren of the Faber and quill just at the
present time. In South Haven, the Sentinel
and the Messenger are at swords points
not even on exchanging terms; the Hartford
! Day Spring and Watervliet Record are call
ing each other "pet names" in Bangor, the
Democrat seems to agree with its contem-
poraries, the Reflector and the Adodnce
especially the latter, about as we'll as water
and oil; while the Lawton Leader and the
Decatur Republican, are having little quar-
rel of their own, seeming to be resolved to
fight it out on that line if it takes all sum
mer." Oh brothers. :" let us have peace -
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Pictures! Pictures!!

Having purchased Hodges picture gallery
on Main St., Paw Paw, take pleasure in
announcing that am now prepared to take
all kinds of pictures in the most modern and
approved style. Babies pictures speciality.
Call and be convinced.
1G72tf HENRY SHAEFER.
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Live stock wanted!

am prepared to pay the highest market
price for live stock. Sheep and hogs spe-
cialty. Correct weights and satisfaction
guaranteed. Inquire of j. j. Swick, Law
renee, or w. II. Wilson, Paw Paw. 1677tf
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What's the Time O. Day, COIOnelg


On Sunday morning last, Seward Hawkins
was suddenly aroused from his quiet and
peaceful slumbers by loud calls from his
father, Col. VIM. r. who came stalking most
unceremoniously into his bedroom, clothed
in his Sunday go-to-meeting clothes. AS
SOON es Seward could get his eyes open
enough to comprehend the situation, he was
informed that the colonel had been robbed
and that his everyday suit, which had been
placed on a chair in his bedroom on retiring,
had come up missing. Returning home, the
colonel found the suit on the ground, just
outside the door, rihed of its contents, which
consisted of an elegant $3.50 gold watch and
twenty five cents in small change. Mr.. II.
was staying alone that night, with his little
one, his wife being absent. Entrance to his
dwelling was obtained by cutting the wire
screen on his woodshed door and then un-
locking the door of the adjoining room by
inserting q burglars instrument into the
keyhole and turning the key which was left
in the door.
That it was not the work of home talent
| is evidenced by the fact that the villain or
villains as the case may be, were hungry and
paid a visit to the pantry, where sad havoc
was made with the colonels eatables. Had
! it been the work of amateurs, they would
hardly have been cool enough TO think of
their supper. They might have helped them
selves to hundred dollars worth of silver
ware but, fortunately, they did not, for which
oversight on their part the colonel is very
thankful. Doubtless it was the same villains
who have recently committed burglaries in
some of our neighboring villages.